tailings
Britishplural noun
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“Site-visit discussions indicated that the operator is assessing sulphur recovery from tailings as a potential offset, although the economics and timing remain unconfirmed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Coal ash, red mud, and mine tailings are usually treated as major waste problems.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Twenty-five workers were inside the gold mine when the tailings dam - a structure which holds mining waste - burst on 25 March.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Within a few seconds, he reaches down into the tailings and squeals out, “Turquoise!”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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